We returned to the Philippines in 2014 to see how survivors of Typhoon Haiyan were coping in the hardest-hit areas.

She was 12 years old when she lost both her parents in the storm; 380km winds and terrifying waves surged into her hometown, Tanauan, on November 8, 2013.

A year on, she lives in a small hut near the shore where emergency workers found her father's body. "Sometimes when I swim, I feel like I step on hands, feet and fingers in the sand," she says.

This Saturday marks one year since Haiyan, which was the most powerful typhoon to ever hit the Philippines.

More than 6,000 people were killed, and millions displaced; entire towns were flattened on the central islands of Leyte and Samar.

A year later, many in coastal communities remain in temporary camps where there is no access to jobs or livelihoods; less than one percent of families displaced are living in permanent housing.

Survivors of the storm are angry about poor aid distribution, slow rebuilding and what they say are highly politicised reconstruction efforts. But one town, Tanauan, is successfully overcoming these challenges.